Title :
Pulse-amplitude equalization of a rational harmonic mode-locked fiber laser through low-order harmonic suppression
Author :
Fu, Jiaojiao ; Gao, Ying ; Gao, Shiming
Author_Institution :
State Key Lab. of Modern Opt. Instrum., Zhejiang Univ., Hangzhou, China
Abstract :
An equal-amplitude higher-order optical pulse train is experimentally demonstrated based on a rational harmonic mode-locked (RHML) fiber laser incorporating a Mach-Zehnder interferometer (MZI) filter to effectively suppress the low-order harmonics.
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; fibre lasers; harmonics suppression; laser mode locking; optical pulse generation; pulse amplitude modulation; Mach-Zehnder interferometer filter; higher-order optical pulse train; low-order harmonic suppression; pulse amplitude equalization; rational harmonic mode-locked fiber laser; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Fiber lasers; Harmonics suppression; Laser mode locking; Optical fiber polarization; Optical filters; Optical interferometry; Optical pulses; Power harmonic filters; Pulse modulation; Fiber optics communications; Lasers; Mode-locked lasers; Pulses; fiber;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers & Electro Optics & The Pacific Rim Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009. CLEO/PACIFIC RIM '09. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3829-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3830-3
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2009.5292224
